Glory
- "It's normal to be scared. I'm scared. You'd have to be crazy not to be- well, crazy or Tsunami, which is basically the same thing. You just have to push that aside and do what you have to anyway."
- — Glory to Starflight, in The Dark Secret
Template:Charbox Glory is a young, female RainWing dragonet who was the hasty last-minute replacement for the SkyWing Dragonet of Destiny, due to the egg being smashed by Burn in the prologue of The Dragonet Prophecy, being killed alongside its carrier, Hvitur. After the events of The Hidden Kingdom and The Dark Secret, she became the Queen of the RainWings and the NightWings after being deemed victorious in a RainWing throne challenge battle. In Talons of Power, however, she lost most of her NightWing subjects to Darkstalker, but gained them back at the end of Darkness of Dragons.
Appearance
Glory has emerald green eyes and no apparent scars around her body. She seems to prefer a red color around her frill, as well as on the undersides of her wings. However, she is not consistent with these colors, as she is a RainWing, and the colors change constantly, similar to a chameleon's scales.
Despite this, Glory dislikes it when other dragons read her emotions through her scales, and attempts to bottle up her inner feelings by keeping her scales a neutral color that usually promotes tranquility or calmness. Because of this, she has a prickly mental shield around her thoughts as well, even though this isn't her intention. This makes it hard for NightWing mind readers to see her thoughts.
Biography
Glory's egg was stolen from the Rainforest Kingdom as a last-minute replacement for the prophesied SkyWing dragonet by a SeaWing named Webs. The reason why Glory was included in the the Dragonets of Destiny group in the first place was because on the hasty way back from stealing a SkyWing egg from Queen Scarlet's palace, an IceWing named Hvitur associated with the Talons of Peace was brutally intercepted by Burn, who had guessed why he had stolen the unhatched SkyWing dragonet. Since Burn nor her two sisters trusted the Dragonet Prophecy, she smashed the SkyWing egg and murdered Hvitur to ensure that the Prophecy would never come true. However, after Glory's egg was stolen, she was raised with the other four Dragonets of Destiny - Clay, Tsunami, Starflight and Sunny. Glory was constantly bullied by the guardians, especially Kestrel, as well as Dune for being a "lazy RainWing". Webs was an exception, as he never harassed Glory personally, although he never tried to defend her from the other guardian's taunting, teasing, and physical bullying. Glory trained and studied harder than anyone of the other dragonets to try and prove herself to them that she wasn't lazy, but she never saw any change in the way that they treated her. Before any of the seven dragons under the mountain knew what suntime was, (when RainWings sleep when the sun is highest to recharge their scales and make them healthier) it was strange to see her sleep right after lunch every day. This only added to the name-calling and bullying, unfortunately.
When an ominous NightWing named Morrowseer arrived under the mountain a few years later, he was displeased with the guardian's replacing of the SkyWing dragonet. Later, in private, he discussed with the three guardians that he wanted Glory killed before the next morning. Kestrel volunteered to murder the young RainWing, as she had never cared for her and the other two guardians refused to kill her themselves. Tsunami was chained up to prevent interference with Glory's death, as the guardians knew she would fight for Glory's life, so instead the dragonets formed a plan to escape. Glory was hesitant to risk Clay's life to save her, but he was determined to do so anyway.
After a few events that had led to the dragonet's capture, they were taken to the SkyWing Palace, where Glory was chained to a marble tree and kept as Queen Scarlet's "art" as beautiful colors swirled along her scales constantly. The SkyWing Queen then began to host Glory on her royal pavilion during the arena battles. Queen Scarlet, when Burn came to visit a few weeks later, bragged to Burn that she was probably the only queen with her "very own RainWing", and Burn looked envious, although her words proved otherwise, stating Glory was a "waste of food." When Fjord the IceWing was moments away from killing Clay in the arena, Tsunami attempted to jump off the prison towers to save Clay, and distracted everyone while Glory shot venom on Fjord's face that spread into his chest wound, poisoning him and soon after causing his demise. This was the first time anyone had seen RainWing venom in a long time, although they didn't know what it was, even Clay himself. He had assumed Scarlet had gotten the poison from somewhere in her royal treasury and had cheated during the gladiatorial fight. When Clay was fighting the SkyWing Peril in the arena in the tradition of the Champion's Shield, Glory shot venom at Queen Scarlet, melting the left side of her face and causing the SkyWings to flee in panic while Peril helped the Dragonets of Destiny escape.
When Clay requested to free Kestrel from the lowly prison had her locked away in when the dragonets were captured, Glory objected, attempting to remind the others about how Kestrel had wanted to kill her only days earlier. Afterwards, when Clay wondered if Peril was their Wings Of Fire; in other words, their missing SkyWing dragonet, Glory felt unwanted and formed a plan with Tsunami to test how far the other dragonet's loyalty really ran. When the dragonets were traveling to the Mud Kingdom together to meet Clay's family, Glory and Tsunami tested this theory on Clay. Tsunami had argued that he had hurt Glory's feelings by wanting to cast her out and replace her with the first SkyWing they saw. Afterwards, Clay frantically objected and insisted they travel to the Rainforest Kingdom at that moment to retrieve her, in which Glory realized none of her friends would ever want her to leave.
While Clay traveled to the Mud Kingdom, Glory, disguised as a MudWing, went along with him to try to find his parents. They found out that Clay's mother didn't care about him and had traded his egg for " at least two cows," as Cattail had stated, so the two began their leave. On the way out, Clay then accidentally met his siblings, who explained to them all about the MudWing customs, and how he should have been their bigwings. Clay refused taking this leading position in his siblings' group because he didn't want to take Reed's place, and he needed to stay with his friends to stop the war. Glory also stated that he was the Dragonets of Destiny's bigwings, so Clay's siblings couldn't have him.
Glory was also present when Starflight was dropped off by Morrowseer, right when Clay was giving his speech about them staying together, and his plan to rescue Starflight.
Glory then traveled with her friends to the SeaWing Kingdom to meet Tsunami's family.
Once the dragonets had arrived at the shores of the SeaWing kingdom, they were all startled to spot a SkyWing patrol scouting the skies. As Glory dug for cover in the sand and proceeded to turn her scales similar sandy colors to match the shores, Tsunami dove into the nearby sea. The first few SkyWings had passed by the dragonets quickly, but there was a guard near the rear who was scanning the area intently and flying more slowly. Tsunami convinced herself that the SkyWing had seen Sunny's tail before she dove into the forest with Starlight for cover, and she saw him open his mouth. She panicked, thinking the SkyWing was going to call out to his comrades, and she lunged out of the sea to attack him. Once she had knocked him out, Clay came over to help her drag the unconscious SkyWing to the water's edge. Glory was shocked at Tsunami, and rather angry, arguing that he hadn't seen anything and that he was only yawning when he opened his mouth. During the rest of The Lost Heir, Glory was imprisoned by Queen Coral. Coral had convinced Tsunami that she had only chained her friends up so that the other SeaWings in the palace wouldn't feel uncomfortable with dragons from different tribes roaming freely around her court. The dragonets were then unchained and invited to eat breakfast with the other SeaWings in the palace when Blister arrived. However, the dragonets had angered Blister, and they were imprisoned once again shortly after the breakfast. Tsunami escaped the palace by taking a risk and freeing her friends before being confronted by Crocodile, in which Glory killed by using her venom. The poison had gotten into the unfortunate MudWing's eyes, and she died shortly after. The group then escaped together, only to be horrified to see their old guardian Webs be attacked by Blister during an unexpected SkyWing attack, earning a poisonous scratch from her tail barb near his own tail. All of the dragonets except Clay and Sunny wanted to leave Webs to die after they escaped the SeaWing palace, but the two convinced the rest of their group afterwards. The pair made good arguments by saying the Rainforest Kingdom was nearby, and Glory surely wanted to see her home at last. They also stated the RainWings may have healers that could heal Webs.
Glory is the main protagonist of The Hidden Kingdom and the story is told from her point of view.
The book begins with the six dragons trudging through a muddy rainforest. During this time, Glory is anxious and hoping that her tribe will be strong and smart instead of lazy like the scrolls they had read under the mountain had claimed. Shortly afterwards, the group hears heavy talonsteps, and they make the quick decision to hide themselves. Glory, because of her camouflage scales, is assigned to hide Webs, but she refuses and hides Sunny instead. This is most likely because Webs had never helped her when she was trapped and bullied in the cave, therefore she felt no reason to help him in turn. After a moment, she whispers to Sunny to stay put and sneaks after the patrol. After seeing their thick bodies and brown scales, she assumes the two dragons are MudWings. Glory walks quietly after the MudWings to eavesdrop on their conversation, although the pouring rain and sounds of the Rainforest insects and animals made it hard to hear. However, she did pick up that the MudWings were afraid of a "monster" that was haunting the Rainforest. One of the guards stated that there had also had been "screaming" deep in the trees. The two had hurried on, and Glory wasn't able to hear their words or heavy thumping talonsteps any longer. Curious, she had crept tentatively closer, only to be horrified to find the two MudWings' throats brutally ripped out. She shakily trailed back to their hiding spot and confessed this terrifying discovery to the others, and after a short argument, she convinced Starflight and the others to continue their journey to the Rainforest Kingdom.
Once they had delved deeper into the Rainforest, Sunny realizes that Webs had gone missing. A few moments later, Sunny, Clay, and Tsunami had vanished seemingly out of thin air as well. Glory and Starlight then dove under a low-growing plant, and after a tense moment, Glory decides to confront these "attackers." Quickly growing angry, she demands that the mysterious dragons show themselves. She was then shocked to discover that a few of the RainWing members of the tribe had shot the other four dragons with tranquilizer darts while they were camouflaged and hidden in the trees. They explained it was a fun game they like to participate in, and that it made intruding dragons easier to talk to. After discussing this, Glory and Starflight then followed these strange dragons into the Rainforest Kingdom. After seeing many of the RainWings sprawled over the Kingdom sleeping, she bumped into a startled RainWing and asked why the tribe was acting so strangely. The dragon explained that this action was called suntime, an hour when the sun is at its highest, in which the RainWings would sleep to recharge their scales and make them happier, smarter, and more beautiful. Glory, however, instead of participating in this suntime, decides to first find the parents who had laid her egg. However, she is contradicted by a pink-colored RainWing. He explained that all of the RainWing eggs are hatched together in one of the three monumental hatcheries, and then raised by the whole of the tribe together, so Glory's parents most likely don't know or care that her egg is missing. Glory decided not to confess this to her friends, probably because she didn't need their pity and was embarrassed that the RainWings didn't even count their own eggs. The pink dragon shows Glory how to perform the 'venom test', a way for RainWings to tell whether or not they are related. The venom test is where two dragons spit their venom atop one another's. If one dragon's venom counteracts the other dragon's, that means that they are related. They performed this action, and sure enough, Glory's venom counteracted his. The pink-colored dragon introduces himself as Jambu and explains that he is most likely Glory's half-brother due to their age difference. From Jambu, Glory learned that the RainWings have no families and they don't count their eggs, so Glory's egg was stolen without the RainWings catching Webs or even noticing her egg was gone. Nor did they know how to read or write, and spent most of their hours sleeping, eating, or playing silly games. Glory travels to the Queen's Hut, a place where the monthly Queen listens to questions and answers them. After speaking with the current Queen, Glory learns from another RainWing named Mangrove that at least 12 tribe members had gone mysteriously missing, including his mate. Glory sets off to figure out why with Jambu's assistance.
In doing so, Glory and her friends find a tunnel created by an animus dragon hidden in the higher part of a mahogany tree trunk after searching around the Rainforest. The tunnel is described as feeling 'wrong', and not many dragons or animals ever willingly go near it. Glory starts for the tunnel, but Starlight pulls her back and convinces her to wait until morning, where they can get a rope and natural sunlight, as it is darkening towards nighttime. Glory hesitantly agrees, but insists on spending the night looped around a tree near the tunnel. Since Tsunami can see in the dark, Glory agrees when she requests to stay with her. Sometime near midnight, they hear a crashing through the forest and heavy, snuffly breathing. Neither of the dragonets had saw anything; however, the decaying sloth they had found earlier near the pond was gone, and only a few scraps of gray fur had remained. Once Clay and the other two dragonets returned with a rope in the morning, they discuss their plan. Glory and Clay are to go through the tunnel first with a vine rope tied around each of their waists, and if the tug three times, they're in trouble and need to be pulled out of the tunnel. They agree, and after Clay pushes his head through the sand into the harsh sunlight, Glory realizes that the tunnel leads to the SandWing Kingdom. After glancing around, she is also terrified to learn that Burn's Stronghold is only a few miles away. She pulls Clay back into the darkness of the tunnel, and after returning to the Rainforest, they discuss what they had seen with the other dragonets. However, while they were conferencing, Mangrove darts through the tunnel without warning. Frustrated, Glory assumes he has gone in search of his mate, Orchid. Glory decides it's not safe for a solitary RainWing in the desert, especially so close to Burn's territory, and convinces the group to go after him. After scouting the desert, she assumes he has probably gone deeper into IceWing territory. After traveling a little farther into this territory themselves, the dragonets spot a fortress with smoke coming out of a chimney near the rooftop. After Glory searches the land a little more closely, she is shocked to find a NightWing settling down to sleep in the snow. Suspicious, Glory camouflages herself as an IceWing and confronts him. He explains that his name is Deathbringer, and that he has "special NightWing business" that he can't share with her. Deciding to confide in her friends, Glory bids Deathbringer a hasty farwell and races back to them. After speaking with them to be cautious about any stray NightWings, she takes Jambu to go investigate the fortress. After scouting the fortress, they conclude there is no way to enter except the single door near the back. Glory makes a plan with Jambu to be disguised as IceWings named Penguin and Storm sent to the fortress by Queen Glacier. They enter the fortress, who, they find out later, is owned by Blaze. After that Glory and Jambu went to find Mangrove and bring him and Blaze back to the others. They stop Deathbringer from killing Blaze, one of the candidates for SandWing Queenship, and then they return to the desert and go back through the tunnel.
Glory watches the tunnel the night after they get back with Tsunami. They hear the monster, but Deathbringer showed up and the monster runs. They capture Deathbringer and tie him up. Glory uses herself as bait to catch the monster, and gets grabbed, and taken to the NightWing home. There she finds the missing RainWings. She meets Kinkajou there, and they are saved by Deathbringer and Clay. They go back and talk to the RainWing queen, who refuses to do anything to save the prisoners, so Glory decides to challenge her for the throne. Instead of killing her as per normal tribal customs, Glory, Tamarin, Kinkajou, Mangrove, and Jambu go up against the RainWing queens in the RainWing Royal Challenge, testing camouflage, fruit hunting skill, venom aiming, tree gliding, and flower finding. However, Kinkajou was injured by Grandeur's venom while saving a sloth during the contest. Glory hits the former Queen's venom with her own on Kinkajou in a desperate attempt to save her, and accidentally but successfully cancels out the venom. Grandeur forfeits after finding out that Glory was a descendant of the original royal family, knowing that Glory would be a better queen. Glory is crowned queen at the end of the book, when Clay suddenly comes and informs Glory that Starflight is gone, possibly to warn the NightWings.
It is believed Glory thought that Starflight left the Rainforest Kingdom to tell the NightWings about her army. Starflight later found a dreamvisitor and visits Glory's dream and tells her that he was kidnapped and also tells her all he knew of the plans of the NightWings. When Starflight (along with Fatespeaker and Flame) return to the Rainforest Kingdom, Glory is overjoyed to see Starflight. Glory and her RainWings sneak into the Night Kingdom to save the captured RainWings. Glory, Starflight, and Fatespeaker go to Queen Battlewinner's throne room to talk with her, while Glory and Battlewinner are arguing, Starflight comes up with the idea, letting the NightWings live in the Rainforest Kingdom as long as they bow to Queen Glory.
Battlewinner refuses and jumped out of the lava, saying that she would lead her tribe to safety, but, because of her IceWing injury, quickly froze to death. Then the ground starts shaking and lava starts to pour through the walls, Glory took Starflight with her to save Deathbringer and former Queen Splendor, and they flew back to the others to tell the NightWings about their plan. The NightWings bowed to her and fly off to the Rainforest Kingdom, via tunnel. Then the volcano erupted and the dragonets flew out, with Starflight injured from the flames and later confirmed to have gone blind.
Glory is outraged when she found out her entire life was ruined by Morrowseer. She responds by saying, "I AM GOING TO BITE THAT DRAGON'S HEAD OFF AND STUFF HIM IN A VOLCANO!" and when she finds out Morrowseer is dead, outraged, she yells, "LET'S GO BACK AND KILL HIM AGAIN!" Later, when Sunny returns, she is relieved, saying, "Now I can totally behead you". She votes on choosing Blister because she was the smartest. Glory also points out that if they're on Blister's side she'll leave them alone. It is believed that Glory bit or scratched or whacked Deathbringer to get to Clay after he was bitten by the Dragonbite Viper. She is one of the dragons who helped Sunny dig up Queen Oasis' Grave to get the treasure buried with her.
Glory is mentioned but does not make an appearance in this book. It is shown by Moon's mother's reaction that many NightWings think she is too young or unfit to be queen.
She is seen in Winter Turning when the dragonets came to warn her about Icicle, who is coming to kill her on Scarlet's orders. She summons a meeting at the Royal Pavilion and a couple of scouts to come along. One tells of a very cold place in the rainforest which Icicle could have visited, and Glory demands to be taken there. When they arrive, they find a NightWing corpse. She sends the four dragonets to the Dragonet Wingery for their own safety.
When the group escapes the wingery, Kinkajou left a trail that Glory followed to the old NightWing Island, where she tranquilized Icicle and brought her to the healer's hut. When everybody is about to leave, Glory issues her orders to Kinkajou and Moon. Glory tells Winter that she used to think that she could accomplish everything on her own without friends, but now she says she wouldn't be here right now if she didn't stick with them.
Glory is mentioned when Scarlet holds her supposed head in front of the crowd, but the head turns out to be an animus enchantment, later confirmed to be the head of an unknown MudWing. Sunny dreamvisits her to confirm this update, but Glory is still alive and well. She does not make a formal appearance in the book, though she is mentioned many times in the first few chapters.
Glory appeared when Darkstalker decided to make a visit to the Rainforest. At first ruling over both all of the NightWings and RainWings, Queen Glory was met with a challenge by Darkstalker for being the ruler of the NightWings. Glory proposed that instead of a RainWing challenge or the typical fight-to-the-death challenge that most tribes do, each individual NightWing would decide who their ruler should be. Afterwards, Turtle confronts her and Deathbringer and discovers that she and Deathbringer too are both under Darkstalker's spell as well. Darkstalker informs Glory that five dragons were on their way to kill her, and makes a prison for the rainforest and says they should wait for the assassins in it. When he catches them and imprisons them, Glory says she doesn't completely trust her decision. She appears when Darkstalker takes the NightWings to The Lost City of Night.
She is mentioned by Sunny, who dreamvisited her. She told Sunny about Darkstalker taking the tribe to the Night Kingdom. Queen Glory is also mentioned by Qibli, as he says that no matter what good decisions she makes, some NightWings will hate her just because she's a RainWing. At the end of the book, she is seen standing over Mightyclaws while he's drawing Hope's house, her scales all gold and dark purple. Deathbringer is standing behind her, eyeing the forest fiercely.
Abilities
Glory is clever and capable in combat. She demonstrated the knowledge of a dragon's anatomy by pressing a bladed disc right to Deathbringer's vital artery and used pressure points to stun a NightWing foe when escaping from the Night Kingdom.
According to Starflight, she also memorized information from scrolls very easily.
Like all RainWings, she is able to secrete and spit black venom from two of her longest fangs, as well as change color and camouflage herself. She uses both of these abilities effectively in combat, unlike most other RainWings.
Personality
Glory has a fighting personality and is known for her sarcasm. She also has a bad temper because of the guardians and notable memory and because she doesn't get that much sun time, although she does have a softer side. Her stubborn yet loyal demeanor has made her rise to the top and became the Queen of NightWings and RainWings. However, sometimes her more affectionate side is shown when she talks to Deathbringer.
Family Tree
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Quotes
"Oh my gosh WE KNOW. Don't make me come down there and bite you, Starflight." - To Starflight when he started to go off on a lecture in The Dragonet Prophecy
"Is that an egg? Wow, they work fast in the Kingdom of the Sea."-To Tsunami where she saw she had an egg in The Lost Heir
"I bet he thought he could charm his way out of anything, idiot."- To Starflight about Deathbringer in The Dark Secret
"I like the one where we melt everyone's eyeballs on our way out the door."
"I AM GOING TO BITE THAT DRAGON'S HEAD OFF AND STUFF HIM IN A VOLCANO!" - To Tsunami about Morrowseer after he said the prophecy was fake in The Dark Secret
"LET'S GO BACK AND KILL HIM AGAIN." - When Tsunami tells her about Morrowseer's death in The Brightest Night
"It's normal to be scared. I'm scared. You'd have to be crazy not to be— well, crazy or Tsunami, which is basically the same thing. You just have to push that aside and do what you have to anyway." - To Starflight
"No way. A TREE in the FOREST?"
"Blaze is a dizzy idiot who'd be dead by day two." -to her friends (dragonets of destiny) about Princess Blaze
"The queen can take care of herself. Out of the two dragons in question, the queen happens to be the one with camouflage scales who can shoot venom. What can you do? Sit in the dark, is that it? Guess what, I can do that, too." - Queen Glory making a jab at Deathbringer in The Brightest Night
"He's just trying to make his list look longer than mine."- Queen Glory in The Brightest Night
"I am not. Quit stalking me." - to Deathbringer
"You better do what she says, or Tsunami will fling you to the eels." -To Starflight when he hesitated after Tsunami told him to do something.
"What sort of assassin stalks his prey and whistles at the same time?" - To Deathbringer when she and Tsunami caught him at the tunnel in The Hidden Kingdom
"Funny, tell me another. I love jokes about trusting NightWings." To Deathbringer
"That is a level of noisy that makes me think you aren't even trying to be stealthy. Come on out." - To Qibli
"WE ARE NOT CALLING IT MAGICAL DEATH SPIT!" - to Sunny in The Lost Heir (page 259)
"Well, that's great. For the first time in my life, I act as lazy as everyone thinks RainWings are, and you actually believe it. I'm glad my friends have so much faith in me." - After Glory and the dragonets reunite in The Dragonet Prophecy
"I can get my army ready to fly in an hour. Sure. Organizing RainWings, no problem. It's only roughly as hard as getting a hundred butterflies to fly in a straight line."
"So now what? Should we shout 'Hey SeaWings, we've got your missing princess!' and wait for dragons to bound joyfully out of the ocean?" - To Tsunami in The Lost Heir.
"Listen. I used to think I could do everything by myself, too. I didn't want help from anyone. But I wouldn't be here now if it weren't for my friends, and I have a feeling you'll be saying the same thing a year from now." - Queen Glory to Winter about his friends in Winter Turning
"All right, OFF. I am going to replace you as my bodyguard if you seriously can't tell the difference between a male IceWing traveling with my friends Kinkajou and Moonwatcher, and a lone female IceWing out to kill me. Pay a little more attention to detail, Deathbringer. Also, by the way, you're one to talk about killing prophecy dragonets." - To Deathbringer in Winter Turning
"Stop arresting my guests. It's not romantic or heroic, it's annoying. I've told you this before." -To Deathbringer
"Yes, and that certainly helped. Good news: Four of your students have gone off to find a dragon who just tried to kill you, in order to find another dragon who has tried to kill you about ninety dozen times. Oh, excellent, thanks, Turtle. Now we don't have to worry at all. I mean, we were hoping someone would take care of the vengeful and deadly Queen Scarlet for us. Preferably a bunch of five- year- olds. Very reassuring indeed."
"This could have happened-could still happen-to any of you. If you won't go rescue them, who will? They'll be lost forever. I know you'd rather sleep than deal with problems, but these dragons are from your tribe, and they need you. That's why I'm going to take the throne tomorrow. It's not because I want the biggest pieces of fruit or or the highest sun platform. I'm doing this for the missing rainwings and for you, so that you don't have to spend the rest of your lives looking over your shoulders and thinking, our friends are still lost. . .and we could have saved them." Glory to the RainWing tribe about her becoming queen
"Well, lucky you, you're about to find out." -To Crocodile before she shoots venom at her
Relationships
Clay and Glory have known each other since their hatching, and Clay tried to help Glory and the other dragonets hatch as the bigwings. He liked to bring her pretty things to cheer her up and was very concerned for Glory when he realized the Talons of Peace wanted to kill her. As with the other three dragonets of destiny, she feels a deep bond to him, at one point admitting that she could never have made it under the mountain without him and the others.
Glory was not afraid of the strict SkyWing, but she had always held a deep grudge against her for abusing her and underestimating her greatly. She refused to rescue Kestrel from the Sky Kingdom as Kestrel did want to kill her.
Much the same with Kestrel, Glory once wanted to have animus powers, so she could enchant his dinner to eat him.
Though he was less strict than Kestrel, she still hated him for stealing her egg and letting Kestrel and Dune abuse her. In The Hidden Kingdom, she refused to camouflage him. She didn't even want to touch him. But as much as she hates him, she doesn't want to kill him for it, even though she said "Well, some of us don't" when it was mentioned that they don't want him to die.
Glory doesn't actually mind Tsunami's bossiness, but she still talks back because she thinks at least someone should stand up to Tsunami. She is always snapping at Tsunami, even when Tsunami clearly isn't in the mood. The two squabble occasionally, and really are extreme opposites: Glory waits for the perfect time to strike, and Tsunami just rushes into things and attacks.
In The Hidden Kingdom, Glory decided Sunny was better to touch than Webs, even though she isn't comfortable touching other dragons. Glory was also extremely worried, although she was probably the least worried out of all of Sunny's friends, when Sunny went missing in The Brightest Night and held her talons in hers when she was found. Sunny helped break up arguments between Tsunami and Glory by always making it seem like she was on their sides. As with Clay and the others, Glory feels a strong relational connection with Sunny.
Glory is often annoyed by his know-it-all personality and rambling. She apparently knew about his crush on Sunny, and thought he should do something about it. She also shows affection to him at rare occasions. She respects his plans, as she followed his idea of diplomacy in The Dark Secret.
When Glory first met Deathbringer, she was disguised as an IceWing. Deathbringer gave her information about his mission and then began to flirt with her. Glory was sarcastic with him, but he liked her even more because of it and helped her escape the NightWing island. The current status is 'more than friends'. In The Dark Secret, Deathbringer described her as beautiful, sarcastic, and fascinating. When Glory is helping him out of the prison, they hold each other's talons and Starflight thinks; "they exchanged a look that said "thank you" and a whole lot more". Adding to that, in The Brightest Night, Glory and Deathbringer are constantly flirting with each other, and Deathbringer even put his wing around Glory, which she allowed. In Winter Turning, Deathbringer is constantly trying to protect Glory and muttering to the queen when she says she doesn't need help. In Escaping Peril, Sunny says "Glory has magical death spit and Deathbringer and a whole army of RainWings who would die for her".
Tui has confirmed that the ship Glorybringer is official.
Glory didn't know she had a brother (half brother), until she met him in the Rainforest Kingdom. Glory was unimpressed with him at first, and thought of him just as ridiculous as the other RainWings. However, Jambu helped her get Blaze to meet the dragonets and nearly beat Exquisite in the tree-gliding competition, one of the five contests that decided who would be queen of the RainWings. He was only stopped by a vine, possibly a bunch of sloths, that wrapped around his neck, and he nearly strangled himself. He appears to be one of her most trusted dragons now, even if he is incompetent. He also makes sure Glory takes her suntime.
The little dragonet met Glory when she was captured by the NightWings. She followed Glory in escaping, and claims that she'd follow Glory anywhere, even when Glory threatens to take the throne by force. She did the venom targeting part of the contest to become queen and was injured by RainWing venom. She is later shown in a dream to see Glory as a big, beautiful queen, crowned and welcoming Kinkajou with open wings, while the other dragons stared at her enviously. Kinkajou sees herself as one of Glory's best friends.
Glory didn't really know Tamarin that well, other than the fact that she was blind. Tamarin seemed confident in front of Glory when she said that maybe she couldn't do the flower challenge, with Kinkajou later stating that Tamarin had the best nose in the whole kingdom. She also felt compassionate about getting Tamarin a better teacher in Jade Mountain Academy.
Glory first met Turtle when he confronted her about Darkstalker, and she seemed to be a little suspicious of the latter but seemed to trust him for the most part. This horrified Turtle and he accidentally lost control of his enchanted coral, baffling Glory. She seems to find him a little odd and weird.
Trivia
- It has been revealed that Glory is afraid of the dark.
- Some of the books state that Glory has an extreme distaste of being touched.
- Glory once had the desire to be an animus as a young dragonet so that she could enchant her guardians' food to eat them but changed her opinion when she knew the price of using animus magic after visiting the Kingdom of Sea.
- She has a pet sloth named Silver, one of the few dragons mentioned to own a pet. Some of the others are Smolder, Winter (for a short period of time), and quite a few RainWings.
- She is one of two PoVs to have a pet during her book.
- On the cover of The Hidden Kingdom, Glory does not have a strip of wing membrane that the RainWings should have. The spikes going down her back don't go to the tip of her tail either, as shown in the guide.
- Glory is descended from the original line of RainWing queens.
- She is the first character in the series to challenge a queen for the throne.
- She is the second known descendant of the original Royal RainWing family (The first being Grandeur).
- In Moon Rising, Glory is found to throw up an instinctive "shield" around her mind when uncomfortable, doing the same with her scales, to hide her emotions.
- Glory is the only queen who rules two tribes (the RainWings and NightWings).
- It was confirmed in a live video chat with Tui T. Sutherland that Glory and Deathbringer are dating.
- Glory's grouchiness appears to have come from her lack of suntime during her time under the mountain.
- Glory mentions in The Hidden Kingdom that Scarlet fed her pineapple during her entrapment.
- Tui was originally going to have Clay have a crush on Glory, then decided it wouldn't work.
- She is the first known queen to ascend to the throne without killing the previous queen, along with Queen Pearl and Queen Snowfall.
- Glory might have been named after the flower Morning Glory.
Gallery
Canon
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Glory on the full cover of The Hidden Kingdom
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Glory on the US cover of The Hidden Kingdom
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Glory on the UK cover of The Hidden Kingdom
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Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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A typical RainWing (colored), by Joy Ang -
A typical RainWing (lineart), by Joy Ang -
A typical RainWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
Fan Art
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By xTheDragonRebornx
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Shiny Queen by Chrispy Cookie
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Glory by Malice the NightWing
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court of 900 by RealTense
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Project Glorybringer by FarenCry
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let the games begin by RealTense
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Glory by 88Aurora88
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magic rain forest by stArchaeopteryx
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Glorybringer by LowDetail
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Queen Glory in all of her gloriousness.
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She Brings Me Glory by light-star-does-art
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Glorybringer by Trunswicked on Pinterest
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We'll Never Set Like The Sun- Glorybringer by Vision-Seeker
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D.a.d Glory-day 3 by Vision-Seeker
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The hateful lovers by Deva-rays
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Glory by CapybaraArt
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All hail to the queen by JuliaGoldfox
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Fanart: Glory by JmyQ
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Glory by PsychoKittyPants
| RainWings | |
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| Queens |
Present: Dazzling • Exquisite • Fruit Bat • Glory • Grandeur • Magnificent • Splendor |
| Royalty (Present) |
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| Royalty (Historical) |
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| Jade Mountain | |
| Other Dragons |
Bright • Bromeliad • Bullfrog • Chameleon • Gibbon • Handsome • Heliconia • Liana • Loris • Mango • Mangrove • Orangutan • Orchid • Pineapple • Tapir • Tualang |
| Hybrids | |
| Kingdom |
Rainforest Kingdom • RainWing healer's pavilion • RainWing royal pavilion • RainWing village |
| Society | |
